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Chris Council

owner / C2 Photography / Aspen, Colorado

Biography

Chris Council is a commercial and editorial photographer based in Aspen, Colorado specializing in lifestyle, portrait, travel, food, and event photography. He and his camera have traveled in 42 U.S. states and 22 countries on 5 continents, including Russia, Estonia, Croatia, Poland, Tanzania, Thailand, Egypt and Australia. He is an avid outdoorsman who has bicycled across the United States, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and hiked in the wilds of Kamchatka.

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Probationary firefighter Patrick Mullins works to extinguish a fire at Smuggler Mine in Aspen, Colo. during a training exercise."

Eric Grindstaff, visiting from Columbus, Ohio, cheers on a cyclist trailing the peloton in Stage 4 of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge, just before the summit of Independence Pass near Aspen, Colo."

Jimmy Demartini plays a fiddle solo while Zac Brown accompanies him in the background. The Zac Brown Band played at the annual Jazz Aspen Snowmass concert series held over the 2011 Labor Day Weekend in Snowmass, Colo."

Andrew Larson, the lead wilderness ranger for the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District for the White River National Forest, left, and volunteer Alexandre Roy move a deceased cow away from the cabin at the Conundrum Hot Springs near Aspen, Colo. "

Kyle McLernon stomps a pile of fresh snow near the top of the Loge Peak lift on Aspen Highlands."

A disabled veteran enjoys some time underwater in the pool at the Wildwood hotel in Snowmass, Colo. during the annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic."

Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac car, celebrates his victory at the 2011 NASCAR All-Star Race in Charlotte, N.C. As the race winner, Edwards received a $1 million dollar payout."

A soldier looks out the window of a military bus parked near Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The military was on hand to provide security during the annual November 7th Communist Day parade."

Piloted by Bruce Gordon, an Ecoflight plane on the Flight Across America educational program flies over a uranium mine on the outskirts of the Grand Canyon. "

More than 50 community members joined in a candlelight vigil in Paepcke Park in Aspen, Colo. in remembrance of the victims of the Newtown, Conn. school shooting."

A bear runs across Durant Avenue after spending the day in a nearby tree in Aspen, Colo. The bruin had climbed the tree in the early morning near the Rubey Park bus station, which led the Aspen Police Department to cordon off the area and spend the day keeping gawkers at bay, in hopes the bear would come down on his own."

President Obama campaigns at the Grand Junction High School as part of a two-day tour of Colorado."